Summary

Radio licence belonging to Frederick and Amelia Roberts of Seymour valid for one year ending 30 March 1958. Frederick and Amelia came out separately to Australia from England between 1924-25 and married in 1926, later settling in Seymour, Victoria.

A Radio Broadcasting Licence was required under law to own and use a radio until the 1970s, the fees from which went to funding public radio stations.

Physical Description

Cream sheet of paper with black printed text and hand written inscriptions in pencil.

Significance

This collection of documents relates to the migration and settlement experiences of two English migrants, Amelia Lynch and Frederick Roberts. They migrated separately to Victoria during the 1920s, and subsequently married, worked and lived in Seymour, Victoria. Amelia left England in April 1924 aged 29, and Frederick Roberts in the December of 1924 aged 22. The couple married in 1926.
The collection includes documents brought from England, as well as items collated whilst in Australia.
Of particular interest are the set of receipts for ship fare repayment, indicating a loans system during the 1920s for unassisted British migrants. A set of broadcast listener's licences from the 1940s and 1950s are also of note for how they reflect a time when domestic communications were highly regulated.

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